Incredibly proud of our award and scholarship recipients for our 50th Celebration of Achievement. Every year these hard working students put their all into company program and we are happy to celebrate their success!

JA Nova Scotia reports on the success of 2017-2018 program year and announces new membership to the board of directors

Halifax, NS — JA Nova Scotia recently hosted an AGM and reported on program and financial results for the school year of 2017-2018. At the meeting, the board also ratified a new board chair and three new directors at large. Accepting the chair role from outgoing chair, Mark Parkhill of KPMG, is Jennifer Chiasson of NSCC. Also joining the board: Karen Gardener of McInnes Cooper, Kevin McCann of National PR and David Reid of Cox & Palmer.

“Much of our success is dependent on the volunteer leadership and talent we have around the board table and we are very fortunate to have strong volunteer engagement to help us continue to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in the global economy”, said President & CEO, Kristin Williams.

At the AGM, JA shared record results program volume, student reach, volunteer engagement and fundraising. The charity delivered 847 programs to 18,013 students who committed 93,172 hours of learning across three educational pillars linked to success: financial literacy, workplace readiness and entrepreneurship. This represented a 41% increase in program volume and a 35% increase in student reach. JA also engaged 917 program volunteers to deliver their programs who committed 15,201 hours of volunteer service (a 23% increase). JA raised $1,337,058 through program sponsorship, the Nova Scotia Business Hall of Fame and the Legacy Project. For more details, see the annual report: https://issuu.com/janovascotia/docs/annual_report_final

Junior Achievement of Nova Scotia provides hands-on experiential learning in the classroom and through extra-curricular activities. Programs focus on three educational pillars: financial literacy, workplace readiness and entrepreneurship. JA recruits volunteers from the business community to collaborate on the delivery of programs, which exposes students to real world business perspectives and ideas.

I started (Company Program) in grade 10. I had an interest in business and wanted to learn. I really didn’t know much and just picked up from here and there.

Most of my experience is when I was in grade 12. And I was the President of the company Doggo Delights. I learned even more about how to be a leader in a small business and how to work together. I met new people and sometimes meeting new people and doing new things are scary. Having these skills are great for going into the real world.

Junior Achievement is a great place to learn about business when you’re in high school. You learn a lot of how to make a business, start it, how it functions.

After high school I went right into school and studied more ways of being an entrepreneur and a leader in business. I’m now part of Enactus, as the Financial Director of the team. Thanks to Junior Achievement I use a lot of my skills from it for Enactus.

I’m now also a volunteer with Junior Achievement, as an Advisor in Company Program in my second year. It is honestly one of my favourite volunteer jobs ever.